What is CVE-2019-9960?

CVE-2019-9960 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Limesurvey, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-03-24.

How severe is CVE-2019-9960?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2019-9960 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Path Traversal in Limesurvey

CVE-2019-9960

The downloadZip function in application/controllers/admin/export.php in LimeSurvey through 3.16.1+190225 allows a relative path.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2019-03-24 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.134 (96.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-09.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 96.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.134 · newest: 0.134 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Limesurvey

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

rapid7/metasploit-framework

References

github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/commit/1ed10d3c423187712b8f6a8cb2bc9d5cc3b2deb8 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-9960?: CVE-2019-9960 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Limesurvey, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-03-24.
How severe is CVE-2019-9960?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-9960 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.